Tipperary grandmother, 68, recounts 24 hour ordeal on trolley at Limerick hospital

Tipperary grandmother Marie Gleeson has spoken of her 24-hour ordeal lying on a trolley overnight in a corridor in University Hospital Limerick emergency department.

Tipperary grandmother, 68, recounts 24 hour ordeal on trolley  at Limerick hospital

Tipperary grandmother Marie Gleeson has spoken of her 24-hour ordeal lying on a trolley overnight in a corridor in University Hospital Limerick emergency department.

Her comments came as doctors and nurses continued to work in seriously cramped conditions at the hospital today as a record 92 patients languished on trolleys.

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